Modern healthcare
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As lawmakers in D. C. continue to wrangle over how to solve the government shutdown and debt ceiling impasse, the Affordable Care Act's medical device tax is emerging as a likely bargaining chip. ⋯ Minnesota GOP Rep. Erik Paulsen, says he's encouraged that there is a strong chance the device tax could be overturned.
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Medical homes are proliferating, though not everyone is convinced they'll produce savings. Don't tell that to the Michigan Blues, which since 2008 has helped more than 1,200 primary-care practices qualify as medical homes, with another 1,000 in the process. The insurer calculates that the project saved it $155 million in 2012 alone. "Those are dollar savings observed in claims data--these are not back-of-the-envelope calculations," says Dr. David Share, of the Michigan Blues.